An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations (1883)
Mollett, John W. (John William) · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington · leaf 110
ote his age and feebleness. Crux. Tlie Latin equivalent for Cross (q.v.). Crwth (A.S. crtidh, Eng. cro^vd). A Welshinstrument, a sort of violin, similar to the rJMiof the Bretons. Crypta, Crypt, Chr. [Kpimroi, to bury). Inancient times the crypt was really a cloister; itformed, in fact, a long and… … Fig. 221. Crypt at Lanmeur (France). instance of the kind. Li modern archaeologythe term crypt is applied to a subterraneanchapel underneath a church. (Figs. 221 and 222.)
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